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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






2. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






3. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






4. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






5. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






6. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






7. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






8. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






9. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






10. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






11. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






12. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






13. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






14. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






15. Where the revolving door was fully developed






16. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






17. Renowned for paintings and prints






18. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






19. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






20. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






21. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






22. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






23. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






24. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






25. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






26. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






27. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






28. The amount of light reflected by a hue






29. Known for his glass sculpture






30. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






31. Technique of shading using dots to control value






32. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






33. Creates blue dye






34. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






35. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






36. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






37. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






38. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






39. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






40. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






41. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






42. Something that supports a sculpture






43. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






44. Application of potassium sulphide






45. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






46. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






47. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






48. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






49. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






50. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.